Alfred George Wathall (30 January 1880, Bulwell – 14 November 1938, Chicago) was an English-born American composer, music arranger, orchestrator, violinist, and music educator. He is best remembered as a composer of operettas of which his most successful were The Sultan of Sulu (1902) and Sinbad the Sailor (1911).[1] The Sultan of Sulu was staged on Broadway at Wallack's Theatre where it had a successful run in 1902–1903. It used a libretto by George Ade and was produced by Henry W. Savage.[2] He was also a composer of several Christian hymns.[3]
Wathall was educated at Northwestern University School of Music (now Bienen School of Music) where he was a pupil of Peter Lutkin (music theory and composition). A violinist, he later taught on the faculty of that institution as a professor of violin.[4] A longtime resident of Chicago since the age of 12, he was employed as a music arranger and orchestrator for WGN (AM) in Chicago for many years.[5]
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edit- ^ "Alfred Wathall of W-G-N Is Dead; Rites Tomorrow". Chicago Tribune. November 16, 1938. p. 16.
- ^ Dietz, p. 138-139
- ^ Rogal, p. 43
- ^ Franceschina, John (2018). "Wathall, Alfred G[eorge]". Incidental and Dance Music in the American Theatre from 1786 to 1923, Volume 3: Biographical and Critical Commentary - Alphabetical Listings from Edgar Stillman Kelley to Charles Zimmerman. BearManor Media.
- ^ "ALFRED G. WATHALL WROTE OPERETTAS; Composed Scores for 'Sultan of Saul' and 'Sinbad'". The New York Times. November 16, 1938. p. 23.
Bibliography
edit- Dietz, Dan (2022). The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781538168943.
- Rogal, Samuel, ed. (1986). Guide to the hymns and tunes of American Methodism. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313251238.
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